CWA Uralla

The Uralla Neighbourhood Centre on Salisbury Street is having an Info Day and we are here! Drop on by, there are other organisations / groups from Uralla providing info. Oh and there's coffee and cake available.

Good morning. It is with sadness that we inform of you Anne Croft's passing which happened at the end of January, she was aged 90. Anne was long term member of the CWA where her contribution to the organisation was of great value and importance. Our members would like to extend their sincere condolences to her family and friends. She will be missed.

Over the last few weeks CWA Uralla have been out and about contributing their cooking skills and knowledge. The Australia Day activities at Alma Park were enjoyed by all and we were there with homemade damper and lashings of syrup. Our President Ann Denyer was a Steward at the Uralla Show, held yesterday, and was a huge success. Thanks all, and as always CWA Uralla enjoy being part of and providing for this thriving community.

As part of the Australia Day activities on Friday 26 January 2024, CWA Uralla will be selling Damper with lashings of Golden Syrup and Tea or Coffee.

Australia Day Activities start at Alma Park in Uralla from 9am and the CWA Members will be taking part in the march from 10am.
We look forward to seeing you there!

CWA Uralla have been proudly supporting Rural Women and families for close to 100 years.

CWA Uralla are having their first meeting for the year this Friday 19th January starting at 10am. It is to be held at the Uniting Church Hall on the corner of Maitland and Hill Street, Uralla. If you're a member, we look forward to seeing you again and if you're curious and keen to join please drop in and be part of a wonderful organisation and a great group of women. This year is looking very interesting indeed. Merci! 👩🏼‍🎨🥐🇫🇷

Scones with jam and cream, perfect for the first day of 2024.

The Uralla CWA branch wishes you all a wonderful, festive Christmas and New Year. Take care, take time, and enjoy. 🌲🎉🎁🌟

After a very warm day in Uralla it was lovely to sit amongst the shady trees at Alma Park and enjoy Carols in the Park. Hosted by Marlene Jacobs, who herself is a CWA member, and a four piece band it was a treat to singalong to all the Christmas favourites. Santa arrived with the local fire brigade and the children from both Rocky River and Uralla Schools sang a few carols. Donations were also made to the Food Bank in Uralla. A most pleasant evening.

Wonderful to see Ruth Jackson, a long serving member of the Uralla CWA, with Robert Bell the Mayor of Uralla Shire Council getting amongst the activities at the Fairy Festival in Uralla. Fun times being had 🧚🏻‍♀️.

CWA Uralla are looking forward to a singalong and lots of Christmas cheer at Carols in the Park next Wednesday the 6th December. See attached flyer and hope to see you there! 🎼🎄🎁

And that's a wrap. Here we have 50 Christmas fruit cakes of varying sizes which were baked and prepared by the Uralla CWA members. These will then go into the Christmas food hampers at the Food Bank located in the Uralla Neighbourhood Centre on Salisbury Street. Thanks all for the amazing effort in cooking the cakes and preparing them for the hampers. Any queries about the hampers and donations please contact the Neighbourhood Centre. (02) 6778 3277

The Uralla Branch had their end of year meeting today followed by a Christmas lunch held at the Uniting Church Hall in Uralla. All bought a plate, including the delicious deserts and the Christmas decorations were hand-crafted to go with gifts donated to the Wishing Tree located at the Uralla Pharmacy. The Three Wise Men were hand knitted by one of our members which had pride and place on the table. Thanks for everyone's contribution today, it was a wonderful group effort.

The members of Uralla CWA would like to extend their sincere condolences to all the family and friends of Bev Tearle. Bev was always a very active member who took on many roles over the years. We will miss her.

Our members would like to send their sincere condolences to all the family and friends of of our life member Murrell Carter. We will miss the kindness, generosity and inspiration that she has provided to the CWA as well as many other groups for the last 43 years. R.I.P.

Lots of lovely goodies at the CWA street stall this week and our Awareness Week cards with a great recipe for apple slice.

We will have these cards at the street stall next week (11th -16th). There will also be some of the spiced apple slice on sale. It is delicious. There will also be some cards at the library.

CWA branches have been handing out this card in various locations across the state as part of CWA Awareness Week.

Our focus this year is on raising awareness of neurodiverse conditions, especially ADHD.

People with neurodiverse conditions often refer to themselves as neuro-spicy, celebrating the unique and exciting flavour they bring to the communtiy. In honour of our neuro-spicy friends, we've including our Spiced Apple Slice recipe on the card.

**Spiced Apple Slice recipe**

Base
125 g butter, softened
½ cup caster sugar
1 egg
1 ½ cups self-raising flour, sifted

Filling
4 medium apples
2 teaspoons lemon juice
½ cup caster sugar
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon cinnamon
Passionfruit icing (optional, see recipe)

To make base, cream butter and sugar, then add egg. Fold in sifted flour. Press half the mixture into a small slice tin. Roll out second half ready to cover the filling.
To make filling, peel and core apples, slice and cook in ½ cup water and lemon juice until tender. Drain and mash roughly, then add sugar, cloves and cinnamon. While mixture is still hot, spoon over base. Cover with the second layer of pastry and bake in a moderate oven (160°C) for 25 minutes or until cooked. When cool, top with passionfruit icing (optional).

One of more of the apples can be replaced with chokos.

Passionfruit icing
1 teaspoon melted butter
1 ½ cup icing sugar
2 tablespoons milk
Pulp of 1 passionfruit
Combine all the ingredients in a bowl. Beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.

At our recent meeting we had a very informative talk by a local behavioural therapist Jayden. As well as his talk he also answered many questions we had. We all have a much better understanding around ADHD and Autism.
We will be on the street stall from the 11th to 16th Sept so drop in an pick up an information card or have a chat.

CWA Awareness Week starts on Sunday 3rd September. This year our focus is on neurodiversity, particularly ADHD, and challenges related to diagnosis and treatment in regional areas.

"As a nation we have to get better at helping those with neurodiverse conditions because currently too many people are suffering from extensive delays and exorbitant costs that only increases the strain on their mental and physical health. This is particularly so in rural and regional NSW where health services are already under pressure,” State President, Joy Beames said.

“This Awareness Week we want to highlight these issues and urge governments at all levels to look to new and improved ways of addressing, and supporting those with, neurodiverse conditions," Joy said.

Find out more: https://www.cwaofnsw.org.au/Web/News-Events/Articles/Neurodiversity_and_challenges_awareness_week.aspx

Uralla branch had a very interesting talk by a behavioural therapist about neurodiversity. It was a really interesting topic and we now feel much more informed about the subject. We were able to ask lots of questions.

CWA Awareness Week starts on Sunday 3rd September. This year our focus is on neurodiversity, particularly ADHD, and challenges related to diagnosis and treatment in regional areas.

"As a nation we have to get better at helping those with neurodiverse conditions because currently too many people are suffering from extensive delays and exorbitant costs that only increases the strain on their mental and physical health. This is particularly so in rural and regional NSW where health services are already under pressure,” State President, Joy Beames said.

“This Awareness Week we want to highlight these issues and urge governments at all levels to look to new and improved ways of addressing, and supporting those with, neurodiverse conditions," Joy said.

Find out more: https://www.cwaofnsw.org.au/Web/News-Events/Articles/Neurodiversity_and_challenges_awareness_week.aspx

Rural Crime: If anyone has any suspicious activity or actual events please make sure you report it. The rural crime squad has an amazing team of specialists in different areas including analysts who look at the data to see if they can find trends but if you don't report they won't know.

Some great info on cooking.

Amy shares her winning butter cake recipe as well as tips on the perfect butter cake, what she loves about CWA.

What are your tips on making the perfect butter cake?

All ingredients should be at room temperature and making sure you cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. When adding your flour and milk do so alternatively making sure to end with the flour, this should be done slowly and gently to insure a delicate crumb.

What do you love about CWA?

Firstly, I love cookery and The Land Cookery Competition. Seeing others compete and succeed in the competition is something that I’m passionate about. Secondly, I have made some amazing friendships; this was one of the reasons I joined CWA as I had moved from Sydney to the central coast, and I was very homesick and lonely. Thirdly, helping our local community and state when in need.

What would you tell someone who was thinking of joining the CWA?
It’s one of the best decisions I have ever made. I have no regrets and I believe the CWA brings the best out of us.

**Amy’s 2-4-6-8 Butter Cake**

Ingredients

2 eggs
4oz (125 grams) butter
6oz (175 grams) sugar
8oz (225 grams) self raising flour, sifted
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method
1. Grease and line a 20cm tin
2. Preheat oven to 180 degree C traditional oven/ or 160 degree C fan forced oven.
3. In a stand mixer or electric hand mixer cream butter and sugar
4. Add eggs one at a time until mixture is light and fluffy
5. Add vanilla
6. Then alternatively add flour and milk until combined.
7. Bake for 30-40 minutes and ice with your favourite icing and enjoy.

Amy was proud to win the plain butter cake section of this year’s CWA of NSW Cookery Competition (sponsored by The Land) at state level, after winning her branch and group competitions. Any NSW resident can enter through their local CWA branch.

For more information on CWA or The Land Cookery competition, contact your local CWA branch: https://www.cwaofnsw.org.au/branches

Our next meeting will be on this Friday 25th in the United Church Hall in Hill St at 10:00 am

Have you been thinking connecting with a CWA branch? Join CWA of NSW today and get two months extra.

Our membership year starts 1st October and we’re currently offering membership for August and September at no extra cost. So you can join today and receive 14 months membership for the price of 12 months!

Join at your branch and pay the new year rate or join online at https://www.cwaofnsw.org.au/join Offer for new members only.

Search for your local branch at https://www.cwaofnsw.org.au/branches or call 02 8337 0200 for the details of your closest branch.

Celebrating NAIDOC week, 2-9 July

Every year we get a special delivery of handmade, wool beanies from Alvine in Sydney. This years cache are now at the Uralla Neighbourhood Centre to be distributed to the community.

Is there anyone you know who this applies to?

UPDATE: GO RURAL APPLICATIONS CLOSED!

Have you been following RDN’s epic Go Rural road trip? FOMO much? Applications are now CLOSED for the second Go Rural trip, but there are two more trips upcoming later this year.

Go Rural road trips provide medical, nursing and allied health students with the opportunity to see first-hand what rural work and life has to offer.

Go Rural is open to all domestic and international university students enrolled in medical, nursing or midwifery degrees in NSW or the ACT and we particularly encourage allied health students to come along.

Applications closed for Go Rural 2 on 14 May, but keep an eye out for updates to the Go Rural page at nswrdn.com.au

We will be running two more Go Rural tours later in the year. More information here: https://bddy.me/3LRNLno

We're proud to have raised $36,500 for our Medical Research Project: ovarian cancer.

Professor Pradeep Tanwar and his team at University of Newcastle are researching an early detection test.